Genuine Quotes

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To emancipate woman is to refuse to confine her to the relations she bears to man, not to deny them to her; let her have… — Simone de Beauvoir
Genuine wisdom is usually conspicuous through modesty and silence. — Napoleon Hill
Is enthusiasm important in selling? Yes, genuine, heartfelt enthusiasm is one of the most potent factors of success in almost any undertaking. — Dale Carnegie
My business is to be talented, that is, to be capable of selecting the important moments from the trivial ones. . . . It's about… — Anton Chekhov
It is often asserted that discussion is only possible between people who have a common language and accept common basic assumptions. I think that this… — Karl Popper
There are two kinds of friendship: one is genuine affection, the other is inability to refuse. — Umberto Eco
A sort of melancholy, and regret, seizes us every time we meet a sophisticated, adulterated idiot. Oh the nice fools of yestertime! Genuine, natural. Like… — Leonardo Sciascia
As a people, our most cherished and valuable achievements are the achievements of spirit. With an Afrocentric spirit, all things can be made to happen;… — Molefi Kete Asante
'He's the most charming man. He's the Oscar Wilde of our time. I only had one moment with him in that film and it's a… — Russell Crowe
I think any genuine leader today has to learn leadership the hard way-by doing it. That means embracing turbulence and crisis, not avoiding it. It… — Dov Frohman
Helping to build a better-organized, fair and harmonious world: that idea lies at the heart of my conception of our country's role. Down through the… — Jacques Chirac
Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that, it's a pure state of being. — Douglas Coupland
A genuine love of learning is one of the two delinquencies which cause blindness and lead a young man to ruin. — Tom Stoppard
The genuine coherence of our ideas does not come from the reasoning that ties them together, but from the spiritual impulse that gives rise to… — Nicolas Gomez Davila
Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces. — Austin O'Malley
A genuine transformation that results from sustained concerted effort is long lasting because it has a firm foundation. — Dalai Lama
As Gandhi wisely points out, even as we serve others we are working on ourselves; every act, every word, every gesture of genuine compassion naturally… — Wayne Muller
When you make genuine contact with your inner Spirit, there is an inner joy, an inner peace, that takes over. — Michael Beckwith
Developing a character with genuine depth requires a focus on not just desire but how the character deals with frustration of her desires, as well… — David Corbett
Depraved conscience turns out to be as different from genuine ignorance as it is from honest recognition. — J. Budziszewski
There are two theories of evolution. There is the genuine scientific theory; and there is the talk-radio pretend version, designed not to enlighten but to… — Edward Humes
But self-abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance. — Stephen Mitchell
Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity; a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quick sand to virtue — Friedrich Schiller
The trouble with quotes on the internet is that it's difficult to determine whether or not they are genuine. — Abraham Lincoln
A genuine sense of humor is having a light touch: not beating reality into the ground but appreciating reality with a light touch. The basis… — Chogyam Trungpa

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